Project Grant 2523752
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $225,000 in funding to San Francisco State University (SFSU) to research a framework for enhancing physical layer security and energy efficiency in ultra-dense Internet of Things (IoT) networks using intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS). The key innovations include: (1) an IRS control strategy to improve secure communication channels by adjusting...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CISE CORE SMALL: NETS: INTELLIGENT REFLECTING SURFACE ASSISTED PHYSICAL LAYER SECURITY ENHANCEMENT FOR ULTRA-DENSE IOT NETWORKS", is focused on enhancing physical layer security and energy efficiency in ultra-dense Internet of Things (IoT) networks. The $150,000 award, which runs from October 1, 2025 to...
- This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports research to improve wireless network security designs. The project aims to (1) create stronger, practical adversary models to understand the limitations of security for Internet of Things (IoT) systems that leverage wireless channel properties, and (2) design new defense strategies to advance the state-of-the-art in wireless network...
- This federal Project Grant award for $384,182.00, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), is focused on establishing the foundational scientific theory, security principles, and practices that define the field of Internet of Things (IoT) cloud security. The key objectives are to: Formalize the threats concerning the emerging paradigms of IoT interoperability to conduct novel attacks, and formally verify...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a $177,840 Project Grant to the University of Alabama's Office for Sponsored Programs to support collaborative research towards sustainable, efficient, and secure Internet of Things. The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The grant is funded through the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program to the University of Oklahoma to conduct research on improving wireless network security designs. The 3-year project aims to: (i) create stronger adversary models to understand the limitations of security in IoT systems leveraging wireless channel properties, and (ii) design new defense strategies to advance the state-of-the-art in wireless network...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program Project Grant award of $1,049,997 from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028 supports the development of a unified framework to integrate different low-power wireless technologies, such as LoRa and Bluetooth, for diverse Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The project aims to design, implement, deploy, and evaluate a multi-protocol networking system solution that can reduce the cost of...
- This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports a collaborative research project between Clemson University, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Florida State University, and other partners. The project aims to develop a novel hardware-software co-design communication framework that will enable parallel and spectrum-efficient communication for heterogeneous Internet...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded George Mason University a $280,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The grant funds collaborative research on secure wireless powered backscatter communication for Internet of Things applications. Specifically, the university researchers will develop small, low-cost wireless devices that can communicate securely...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara to develop a new unifying computer science and engineering approach for building and deploying Internet of Things (IoT) systems. The 3-year project, running from April 2025 to March 2028, will create a software environment and ecosystem that enables new cross-disciplinary discoveries and makes IoT more broadly accessible...
This $225,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program supports research to enhance physical layer security and energy efficiency in ultra-dense Internet of Things (IoT) networks. The project integrates intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS) to dynamically reconfigure wireless signal paths and improve secure communication channels between legitimate IoT devices and mitigate eavesdropping risks. The research introduces innovations in IRS control strategies, friendly jamming mechanisms, and learning-based frameworks to address security and efficiency challenges in dense IoT deployments. In addition to the technical contributions, the project supports workforce development through interdisciplinary research training, cybersecurity education, and student engagement across multiple institutions. The award is managed by the University of Georgia and has a performance period from Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $225.0k | 8/19/25 |